An NYPD officer was arrested upstate for having a sexual
relationship with a teenaged boy, authorities said.
Rosandre Burgher, 26, an officer with the 46th precinct in
the Bronx, was picked up on Tuesday in the Town of Wallkill, a court official
said.
"It is alleged that this officer had a relationship
with a 16-year-old male, a consensual relationship. This person [the
16-year-old victim] calls directly to Internal Affairs Bureau, makes
allegations,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in a press conference today.
“Internal Affairs Bureau goes and meets with Wallkill police
department and works in conjunction with them and an arrest was made,” Kelly
said.
Burgher was charged with criminal sexual act, unlawfully
dealing with a child and endangering the welfare of a child, said a spokeswoman
with the Wallkill Court. He was released on $35,000 bond on Wednesday and is
due back in court on June 26.
“The officer was suspended,” Kelly said.